I was never trying to be funny. Being funny feels to me like an alternate form of confessionality - that is, a way of dismantling the distance between writer and reader, a way of saying, "come in a little closer."
The main thing in poetry criticism is that I have all these opinions, and I love having something to do with them. And I think it's important that pe… - Dan Chiasson
The main thing in poetry criticism is that I have all these opinions, and I love having something to do with them. And I think it's important that pe…
- Dan Chiasson
I treat myself as one of the sources. And, again, I think that’s accurate. One of the poets I read most frequently is myself. I really do. I read my … - Dan Chiasson
I treat myself as one of the sources. And, again, I think that’s accurate. One of the poets I read most frequently is myself. I really do. I read my …
It's often said that elephants are the most human of animals - there's something comical about their acquiescence, and tragic also. The long elephant… - Dan Chiasson
It's often said that elephants are the most human of animals - there's something comical about their acquiescence, and tragic also. The long elephant…
If you are made for flight, intended for it, you had better find a pursuer, fast. Otherwise, all that fleeing is going nowhere. - Dan Chiasson
If you are made for flight, intended for it, you had better find a pursuer, fast. Otherwise, all that fleeing is going nowhere.
I write to get myself writing. That and read Wallace Stevens' "An Ordinary Evening in New Haven" for the umpteenth time. Certain authors for me, cert… - Dan Chiasson
I write to get myself writing. That and read Wallace Stevens' "An Ordinary Evening in New Haven" for the umpteenth time. Certain authors for me, cert…
I seem to thrive by destroying the last thing I did, in a kind of cartoon Nietzsche way. Emerson says in "Experience" something like "every ultimate … - Dan Chiasson
I seem to thrive by destroying the last thing I did, in a kind of cartoon Nietzsche way. Emerson says in "Experience" something like "every ultimate …
I do care about the consequences of being negative toward people who are powerful. But I'm more afraid of not being taken seriously as a critic - by … - Dan Chiasson
I do care about the consequences of being negative toward people who are powerful. But I'm more afraid of not being taken seriously as a critic - by …
The issue is that when you're a critic it's hard to tell the difference between the thrill of denouncing and telling the truth. Telling the truth to … - Dan Chiasson
The issue is that when you're a critic it's hard to tell the difference between the thrill of denouncing and telling the truth. Telling the truth to …
I feel most myself when I'm reading, but by that I don't mean that I'm most comfortable when I'm reading. I feel most fully a person who's torn betwe… - Dan Chiasson
I feel most myself when I'm reading, but by that I don't mean that I'm most comfortable when I'm reading. I feel most fully a person who's torn betwe…
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